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Mancheng Yan (延满诚)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2026 · 2026YANM03

Mancheng Yan (延满诚) has been competing for 2 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2026, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. Mancheng has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.98
signature single · Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.989.73
top 1.3%459 / 28,153
2×23.353.48
top 18.4%2,989 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.149.24
top 29.0%3,213 / 10,224
Skewb8.009.36
top 41.3%2,438 / 5,004

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026: 6.98Shanghai Summer 2026: 9.016.989.011 Jul 20261 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.